Italy, Spain and France!

Two months later i am finally posting about our amazing trip to Italy, Spain and France! I can only post a few of our many pictures, and as i am doing this i am thinking "why didn't i take more".  I wanted to capture absolutely everything we saw on this once in a lifetime trip.  The reason for this amazing trip was a 4 day dental conference put on by Bryans work, "White Cap Institute".  Thanks to Bryans wonderful boss, he covered our airfare, 4 night hotel at the most beautiful Villa and all of our meals at the Villa.

The Villa La Masa

While the guys were in the conference, the wives got to spend time in Florence playing. One of the days we were able to attend a cooking class taught by our  amazing world renound chef, Andrea.  He taught us how to make homeaid pasta.  And even better, we got to eat all of this yummy food!

One of our favorite places in Florence was the Duomo (Cathedral de Santa Maria del Fiore).

The work of art on the dome was started in 1296 by Brunelleschi and was absolutely amazing!  

This is the view from the very top of the dome.  You could see all over Florence for miles.

There's nothing yummier than some good Italian food.  We found the best little pizza place called "Gusta Pizza".  It was really the best i ever had!

I loved all the little outside cafes on the streets.  Notice the big brick of butter next to me.  I asked the cute old Italian man for butter and i got more than i bargained for.  ha ha

Town Square

At the Ponte Vecchio Bridge.  The bridge was built in 1345 and was Florences first across the Arno River.

Bryan in front of Michelangelo's Statue of David.  

These are just a couple of the many statues around Florence.  This one is Medusa.

After our fun in Florence, Bryan and jumped on a train headed for Savona to catch our cruise.  We went on a 5 day Mediterranean cruise to Spain and France. 

Some friends of ours that  work at White Cap with  Bryan joined us on our cruise!  It was nice to know at least 6 others that could speak English (besides our awesome Philippino waiters)

The most amazing buildings were always the old cathedrals!

All of the pictures above are of us in Spain.  Which we loved!  France on the other hand was not one of our favorite places.  It would be awesome to return to Spain some day.

What an amazing trip! It was hard leaving the kids for two weeks but we were very lucky to have Bryans parents so willing to watch them for us.